Category: Christian World
New post on THE LAITYTUDE Pope Francis with members of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP) Pope urges members of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy 'to have the courage to move away from the margins of safety' Clerics who...
By Gabrielle Cubera. New York City, N.Y., Jun 27, 2015 / 04:07 pm (CNA).- Growing unrest in the Middle East is causing great concern for the Christian community around the world, and author George J. Marlin is hoping to enlighten Western...
Story By: mattersindia.com Preston Catholics (Credit: lep.co.uk) Preston: A group of Catholics barred from worshipping in their own church for the past seven months have written to the Vatican for help. “Since we were closed down the bishop has re-opened the...
Story By: Sister Malini Manjoly, SC (Matters India). Patna: Sister Ann Roberta Powers, an American member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, died Saturday at Mokama in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. She was 90. Her funeral is scheduled at 3...
No Indian Bishop Responds to Papal Call? Church in India & Oct.4-25 Family Synod Will the Church in India fail a second time to come up with a Family Survey ordered by Francis Pappa? It missed the boat at the...
Lucknow (Story – Matters India)— After several months, Uttar Pradesh had the first instance of “ghar vapsi” when saffron outfits in Gorakhpur re-converted nearly 100 Dalits from Christianity to Hinduism. Reports said members of Hindu Yuva Vahini, the outfit belonging...
The residential establishment will equip the rescued minors in life skills and education to help them find a strong foothold in society. Kolkata:(Story- UCAN) In continuance of its year-long bicentenary celebrations, the Diocese of Calcutta will set up a rehabilitation...
By Mary Rezac. Denver, Colo., Jun 25, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A few months ago, several writers opened up a conversation they felt was long overdue in a book titled “Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision to...
Madrid (Story – Matters India): After a nun, is the turn for a Catholic priest now to take the central stage in the world arena.Fr Damián Maria, a Holy Redeemer priest who worked in India as a missionary, is the...
by Elise Harris. Vatican City, Jun 24, 2015 / 06:47 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Family wounds that aren’t dealt with in a healthy and timely manner can have devastating effects on both spouses and children, Pope Francis has said, and encouraged wounded families...
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Beirut (Story – Matters India): The Islamic State group has hanged two youths after accusing them of eating during daylight hours in the Muslim fasting month of Ramzan, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said. “Residents of the village of...
Nun's devotion to poor commended by Catholic and government leaders. Kolkata (Story- UCAN): Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Mother Teresa as the head of Missionaries of Charity (MC), died Tuesday in Kolkata. She was 81. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his...
Dr Thomas Mathai (A copy of the letter sent to Bro. Benny Punnathara) Greetings and love to you and your dear ones in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I really appreciate your sincere mind and...
Evaluating Your Bishop’s Performance? I did not write this, but am sharing it for its relevance to the Hierarchy in India, irrespective of denominations. John Dayal www.johndayal.com At my current university, at the end of the academic year, a representative from the dean’s...
Coimbatore (Story – Matters India): Priests, nuns and lay people of Coimbatore Catholic archdiocese Saturday staged a demonstration to protest a private television program that denigrated the Church. Vicar General of Coimbatore Fr John Joseph Stanis, who led the protest,...
Activists accuse Hindu militants of orchestrated persecution of minority religious groups. New Delhi: The past year has seen an increase in the number of attacks in India on Christians and Muslims under the ruling pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),...
By Brian Roewe in US National Catholic Reporter. (Note:The Concluding Ordinary Rome Synod will be held from Oct.4 to 25, 2015. All bishops’ conferences around the world were asked to conduct a survey on what the faithful, from the...
This report on a Hindu Convention's resolution asking closure of all Convent Schools in India clearly shows the level of intollerance Christian Minority Institutions all over the nation is facing in some degrees – Joseph Mattappally (CCV). Panaji (Story :...
Dr Suresh Mathew Icons are persons or symbols worthy of veneration. Such symbols are not made in days or months. They come to live in the minds of people because they had dedicated their lives for the country and its...